401 Advanced Simulation Toolkit - One Day

The Advanced Simulation Toolkit class provides attendees with a grasp of practical concepts that create more accurate simulations. To reinforce and exploit these concepts the class also includes a set of simulation model “patterns” and a tool (empirical stream generator) that provides enhanced control over the inputs for a simulated process.

This class is offered on request and may be scheduled for just one attendee.

Advanced Simulation Concepts
Advanced Simulation concepts that are covered include:

• Custom Availability Calendars
• Sample Size
• Distributions
• Empirical Stream Generation
• Simulating Activities
• Activity States
• Simulation Patterns
• Enhanced Reporting Preview

Empirical Stream Generator
This tool allows you to tailor the rate at which a simulated process receives input. The empirical stream generator provides the capability to define the following process input parameters:

• Interval Durations
• Interval Rates
• Interval Transition Points
• Degree of Variability

Simulation Patterns
Sophisticated Metastorm ProVision models can be employed as part of a simulation to imitate the following types of behavior:

• Batch Management
• Activity Prioritization
• Routing
• Replenishment
• Random Variability

Recommended Prerequisites

• 101 Business Process Modeling Using Metastorm ProVision class
• 205 Process Analytics Using Discrete Event Simulation(DES) class
• Some practical work experience building and simulating workflow models using Metastorm ProVision’s Discrete Event Simulator

Who Should Attend?

• Business analysts responsible for developing future models of business processes and quantifying improvements.
• Managers responsible for improving their business or business processes.